Pirate Bay apps removed from the Google Play Store

Pirate Bay apps have now officially been stigmatized by Google and a large chunk of them has been removed from the Google Play Store. Ever since Pirate Bay started receiving copyright infringement notices and its founders were being jailed, the outrage against the supposed pirates behind Pirate Bay apps has been intensifying. While there are many people out there advocating for Pirate Bay and its founders, developers included, Google has found itself unable to meet these kinds of users’ requests and decided to start removing any Pirate Bay app that could be correlated with piracy and copyright infringement.

Google has been having quite a lot of trouble on the piracy front, so it’s no wonder that Pirate Bay apps have come under fire, too. The move from Google comes as an emphasis of its aggressive stance against piracy and piracy-related apps. Developers, after being notified by Google that their apps were going to be removed, tried turning the company’s mind, clearly without success. They were informed that their appeals had no consequenceand the decision was final.

Google decided that all Pirate Bay apps and apps related to pirate activity were going to be removed in the following few weeks. The preemptive strike from Google involves The Pirate Bay Proxy, The Pirate Bay Premium, The Pirate Bay Mirror and PirateApp. Developers of these apps need to be wary in the future, because Google emphasized the fact that their accounts will be closely monitored and any future release of similar apps will result in their accounts being shut down and money that they had earned from selling previous apps would have to be recovered by Google.

Naturally, the crackdown on Pirate Bay apps tells us a lot about the state of copyright infringement and how serious Google is becoming about it. Apps like the ones mentioned above can be relaunched, if developers want to take their chances, but only if they will be in conformity with the content policy and developer distribution agreement of Google. The community is calling the move harsh and unnecessary, since some of the apps removed weren’t even in violation of any policies. Adblockers have also been removed from the Google Play Store, which in turn demonstrates that Google as a company is in dire need of profit, or at least that is what the community is thinking at the moment. What do you think about the crackdown on Pirate Bay apps?

About Egon Kilin

My life-long dream has been to test out every gadget on the market! Considering the fact that I've rapidly destroyed almost every gadget I've had so far, I'm not inclined to owning something, so my ideal outcome would be to have a different gadget each month.
I'm really into smartphones, wearables and tablets and I love Playstation and Xbox, I'm sure I'll beat you at your own game (after a month of training... or two)